Maths Craft New Zealand were delighted to be invited to attend the Tauranga STEM Festival in October 2019. This was a world class festival designed to engage and inspire a new generation of scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians.
The Maths Craft area featured a collection of five craft creation stations that attracted people of all ages. Our enthusiastic volunteers, experienced in both mathematics and crafts, helped people build a fractal sculpture, explore the wonders of the Möbius strip, fold an origami octahedron, create curves from straight lines, or colour a Latin square.
The Maths Craft area was busy all day long with 1500 Festival visitors enjoying our stations. Our work table, which seated over 20 people, was a hive of activity with people working through our handouts while learning about the fascinating relationships between maths and craft. The organisers of STEMfest emailed us afterwards to say “We've had so many people tell us how much they enjoyed Maths Craft”. It was great to be a part of STEMfest and bring Maths Craft to Tauranga.
About the Tauranga STEM Festival
The Tauranga STEM Festival was held in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty in October 2019. It was an opportunity for visitors of all ages to experience the wonders of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
This was a new festival inspired by Ada Lovelace Day, and aimed at giving children, young people, parents, families, and local STEM professionals and experts a chance to engage with each other in a fun environment, with an emphasis on celebrating STEM. During the day there were hands-on activities and experiments including:
robotics and AI
coding and VR games
slime making and experimentation
logic and puzzle solving challenges
chemistry experiments
engineering activities and much more…
